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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word drawbars:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. drawbars: Merriam-Webster
  2. drawbars: Collins English Dictionary
  3. drawbars: Vocabulary.com
  4. drawbars: Wordnik
  5. drawbars: Wiktionary
  6. drawbars: Dictionary.com
  7. drawbars: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drawbars: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drawbar)

noun:  (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
noun:  (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
noun:  (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
noun:  (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
noun:  (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
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